It doesnt exist. 3. Its harmful saying that this surgery is experimental and dangerous. From interrogatory answers filed in the Raynor case, cited above, we do know something about Dr. Cranes professional liability and medical malpractice coverage in 2016, the date the malpractice alleged in that case was claimed to have occurred (see Motion for Relief from Waiver of Discovery Objections dated April 16, 2018, Declaration of Corban J. Porter and Exhibit D thereto): Private settlement agreements also typically include NDA (or non-disclosure agreement) provisions, in which the parties agree to keep all terms of the settlement confidential, and further agree to the payment of damages in the event of a breach. So many men experienced the complete opposite and have the body they seek to have. No. Does it mean THAT much? Doe v. Crane, CGC-17-560690 was dismissed March 15, 2019.[1]. He is negligent and not honest. Any up dates here? Of all those doctors, today only Drs. Transgender Pulse, another major transgender resource and support forum, also has none of the above information about Dr. Crane. Carter maintains a Tumblr blog and has written extensively about the many surgeries and lasting problems resulting from the original phalloplasty, including an ileostomy and the continued need for a colostomy bag. And while one might envision a series of memoirs, detailing Jacobs life of fulfillment, its also entirely possible that this will be the first and only installment. The fact that Dr. Crane has been sued for medical malpractice in connection with transgender surgery no fewer than eight times in the last two years is a highly pertinent and relevant thing for transgender people to know. For an added bonus, prospective patients may even be able to receive a free initial surgery consultation, right there at the conference! We dont publish comments which spread suicide contagion and/or misleading information about suicidality. For the record, I have seen people on r ftm and Tumblr blogs discuss medical malpractice freely: I firmly believe medical malpractice concerning transgender surgery is an area that needs more oversight and exposure as a whole. Interestingly, possibly due to potential statute of limitations restrictions, the plaintiff brought his complaint seeking damages for medical battery and promissory fraud, rather than medical malpractice. Didnt know a surgeon in Canada is doing these. We all know that once the lawsuits start rolling in, it will be hard to defend the mutilation of young peoples bodies. Successful phalloplastry operations are few and far between and this is being kept from transitioners in order to keep the burgeoning industry in business. Moreover, many of these plaintiffs will have difficulty in maintaining proper excretory function, a complication that can have serious ramifications for health. When the main concern should be to stop obliterating these guys bodys and souls and not winning money to purchase a house. This is really scary to me, even though obviously I'm not getting a phalloplasty. email me if so, reply and we can trade emails. 6 months post-op 6 months post-op - inside Swelling was massive the first few days but that starts to go down. A ninth malpractice case, Hansen v. Crane (CGC-18-571442), brought in November of last year, was also dismissed on January 14, 2019. . I have been looking into the bottom for a while, and since canada approved government funding a few years ago i decided to go forth with the application for lower. Please feel free to comment on older posts. Part 1 is here. How do I contact the post writer? Since our initial post about Dr. Crane and his legal troubles, one of the lawsuits that was then pending against him has apparently been settled, and two more have been filed. I dont like some of the language in the comments. SAN FRANCISCO The patient of a San Francisco County physician alleges he was injured because of a surgical procedure. Since 2012, Dr. Crane and his team have performed more than 600 Phalloplasty surgeries. Moreover, M claimed, Dr. Crane had moved Ms testicles from their customary side by side position and re-placed them one in front of the other. No one else, other than a rare few, is willing to step up to the plate. This post updates the reader on the various lawsuits now pending against Dr. Crane, and also documents the peculiar silence with which these allegations have been greeted in the transgender community. Also, others who were trying to file a malpractice suit after all of those it was told that he had reached his medical insurance payout and that the clients the lawyers were already representing, were their first priority. Doe v. Crane, CGC-17-557327 was dismissed November 8, 2018. Thank you. Third in a series. I dont believe hes being uncaring or half-assed. Im sorry you went through that. The case is set for trial on April 15, 2019. Stories are important, but unfinished stories can be deceptive. But I doubt the Pokmon wave of 12,000 children consciously wished spontaneous seizures upon themselves, or that Portuguese teens wished nausea, vomiting, painful rashes, and trips to hospital on themselves. Moreover, several of the plaintiffs also allege that Dr. Cranes response, when confronted with complications or distressing symptoms following surgery, was inadequate, unconcerned, and even unfeeling. Suicide or transition: The only options for gender dysphoric kids? I wonder how much Crane payed him to air this? Dr. Crane now appears to practice in Austin, Texas, and has been joined there by Dr. Richard Santucci (together with Dr. DeLeon); Dr. Safir holds down the fort in San Francisco and has been joined by Dr. Angela Rodriguez. There were and are a few trans men who are devout followers (no, really, Im not kidding, its strange) and so they gather up information from Dr Crane and then tell all in secret phalloplasty groups on facebook or yahoo etc. A curious fact, if true. That sounds like a grim situation. Trial is set for June 24, 2019. Further, backlash from the trans community in general. There is also the issue that, as had been discussed on GT and on other sites, that there is an effort afoot by the brigade, to fast track those with ASD to be transed. Check out especially chapter 8 on Pokmon Panics. (p. 44) Its one of the greatest cases of mass suggestion in history, In 1997, Japanese TV reported that watching a cartoon could make children sick. Its unknown whether he ever returned to full-time work (in a court filing dated March 2019, M stated that he had been out of work for the majority of the past three years). ALWAYS prevails. This is the problem, people get up in arms if someone doesnt cow down to any surgery or complications from blockers or hormones. Suffice it to say that I wish we had gone to someone else. As you said they dont have the operations or take the hormones. The plaintiff alleges Crane "encouraged" phalloplasty instead. "The problem I have with going to the doctor is that they are self important and interrupt when the patient is talking. So, these kind of replys hit the internet and it makes the people that are concerned stop being concerned. Radial Forearm Flap (RFF) Phalloplasty is the most common type of Phalloplasty. Why isnt The Trans Advocate warning people against this butcher? These surgeons are not about helping people with Gender issues it is all about $$$$ . and Does 1-30 alleging medical negligence. Dr. Curtis Crane, MD is a board-certified plastic surgeon in Austin, Texas who specializes in Phalloplasty. Part 2 is here. Before getting into the details, we wondered whether perhaps lawsuits are a common occurrence in practice areas such as this one that involve relatively experimental or new procedures, and a patient base that might tend to have unreasonably high expectations. This case involves the truly unfortunate case of Cayden Carter, a young trans man who has endured over 20 surgeries in a thus far fruitless quest to obtain, and then ameliorate the effects of, a male-appearing genital structure. Literally.. that is it. The latter of which, yours truly is dealing with, thanks to Prednisone being used to remedy sarcoidosis ]. Thats it for our legal update, but for those of us who are interested in Dr. Crane and his business model, there have been some additional developments. The entire penis was later removed, and the plaintiff was informed by another doctor that he never should have been considered for this surgery. In 2015, Dr Crane was in fact starting to procure a microsurgery team in Austin, Texas. In 2009, M received a metoidioplasty, an operation that uses tissue from the clitoris, which has typically been enlarged from testosterone use, to form a neo-penis. This operation was performed by the famous Dr. Miroslav Djordjevi of Serbia, which was in the process of becoming, In 2011, M underwent his first phalloplasty or surgical construction of a penis, with Dr. Toby Meltzer. Second in a series. Any internet searches for brownsteincrane.com result in a re-direct to Crane Center for Transgender Surgery, a practice operating in California and Texas. A friend of mine is not a US resident and the above doctor did the surgery. As with the other actions listed above, this lawsuit also alleged malpractice in connection with genital surgery: Interestingly, the plaintiff in that case alleged that at the time he consulted Dr. Crane, Dr. Crane told him that none of his patients had ever had a serious complication from phalloplasty, that it was a safe procedure, and that only 5% of his patients have needed surgical repairs.. These kids that are transitioning will be a much much bigger ration of suicides once they realize how difficult it is to transition and they are 25 and begin to understand how invasive and hard it is to transition. I am a transgender FTM and I am looking into the surgery. Its not clear when Dr. Santucci joined Dr. Cranes practice, but he does not appear to have been part of the earlier Brownstein-Crane incarnation: Not to worry, though: Dr. Safir remains busy in San Francisco. As I understand the objections to our coverage, they seem, first, to stem from a misapprehension (perhaps willful) of the purpose of medical malpractice law. But for Jacobs parents, and their many peers, perhaps it should be. A lack of reporting on this topic does not automatically equate with a lack of care. Since our initial post about Dr. Crane and his legal troubles, one of the lawsuits that was then pending against him has apparently been settled, and two more have been filed.This brings to a total of eight the number of times that Dr. Crane has now been sued for medical . What does that even mean, pimping out the victims? Please keep your remarks on topic and free of religious dogma of any kind. 3.3 (7 ratings) Leave a review Brownstein and Crane Surgical Services 575 Sir Francis Drake Blvd Ste 1 Greenbrae, CA 94904 Accepting new patients In April 2016, M underwent a phallus shortening procedure, which involved telescoping entire phallus into suprapubic area. In November 2017 M went to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles and received a urethroplasty in a two-stage procedure, to close the neourethra which was placed by Dr. Crane. Can anyone? Scott, I had a fully successful phalloplasty, in Canada, and know many many others who are in the same boat. No one here is against anyone . However, a large-scale study using data from the National Practitioner Data Bank also found that a tiny fraction of doctors (1%) accounts for almost one-third (32%) of paid medical claims. And yet Ms gender dysphoria endures. These are their readers and the people for whom they advocate. Thomas Satterwhite, M.D. The softball approach that these men give to each other slays me, trying to humanize them when in fact, they are monsters. Its impossible to know. Looks like I just need to get my ass back over to Belgiumunless someone has someone else to recommend. This happened to a proven 9-10 guys out of hundreds of men who had surgery. Its impossible to know. At some point we have to face disphoria instead of butchering our bodies. This rubs me the wrong way. Sigh. According to his attestation, Ms efforts to become a man began in late 2003 with a social transition. According to medical records, M was born in 1977, which made him 26 years old at the commencement of the transformation process. He almost died and thats not a hyperbole. Last, stop with all the BS about suicide. But I did have phalloplasty with Dr Curtis Crane. Diane Ehrensaft) are aware of it. As a transgender five-year-old, Jacobs story was featured on NBC Nightly News and the Today Show. Blog posts on the matter can be found here, here, and here. Whoever signs on for phalloplasty and the related procedures should be given a thorough grounding in the fact that these kinds of outcomes are possible, you know? I'm talking, like, you'd be waiting until at least 2019 to have surgery. This is dangerous. Dr Crane is a very skilled surgeon. How about we actually stop the problem? And given the malpractice insurance premiums hes undoubtedly required to pay, he better be making some money at all this. I get gender dysphoria, but at some point we have to have an understanding that we were born woman, no two ways about it. what i am just coming to learn now is this major malpractice record. Most surgeon websites are not very informative and most 3rd party websites on this topic are broken and fragmented at best. Doe v. Crane, CGC-17-557327 was dismissed November 8, 2018. Each time a see new critical review a day or so later their is a raving A++ looks suspicious, Ive had surgery with guy and I dont believe ANYONE that surgery with him would be raving, I havent met one yet. There is a huge pyramid of medical wrong-doing, that starts out with negligence, which gets trimmed way back when the potential plaintiff realizes that something is wrong, then gets trimmed again when the plaintiff decides to do something, then gets trimmed again when the physician or the insurer decides not to offer a pre-complaint settlement, then gets trimmed again when the plaintiff finds or doesnt find someone to represent her, then finally gets trimmed again when the physician or the insurer doesnt offer a post-complaint settlement. What is notable is that, as of the time of our earlier article in 2018, Brownstein-Crane was a thriving California transgender medical practice. Ive not heard of this doctor, or the allegations against him, but I have known for some time that results for transmen where phalloplasty is concerned, quite frankly were pretty rubbish, which is why most transmen dont get that surgery. Carter v. Crane, CGC-16-554254 was dismissed December 10, 2018. San Francisco phalloplasty surgeon, Curtis Crane, M.D., continues his odyssey through the San Francisco court system. Hold on, I understand and I am here. It must be hard to hear that current medical technology cannot really deliver your dream. The only time I saw anything else was when I signed the medical waiver before surgery and when I asked he just shrugged it off as protocol. What one will notice when a reasonable attempt at a debate about the issues involving the brigade is attempted, the reversion to schoolyard level tactics comes across on the part of the person[s] from the community. 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In 2004, about six months after his social transition, M began treatment with male hormones. Carson v. Crane, CGC-17-556743 was dismissed October 10, 2018. Dr crane moved to a place where the . Even in the few short years since the transgender child became the medias go-to story, several stars have skyrocketed to prominence, only to disappear. I think thats more to do with the fact that they were misgendered for a long time, which implies justification for their murder, and appears to deliberately disrespect them, its victim blaming almost. I suggest that if youre interested, you should go back and check to see how many cases he has in CA and in TX. When mistakes arise its down played and the patient starts questioning themselves. Dr. Crane now appears to practice in Austin, Texas, and has been joined there by Dr. Richard Santucci (together with Dr. DeLeon); Dr. Safir holds down the fort in San Francisco and has been joined by Dr. Angela Rodriguez. I have been shocked at the level of victim-blaming and rationalization that seems to be occurring in the FTM community around these facts particularly when the plaintiffs themselves are members of that community, and certainly have suffered for it. So returning to the celebrity trans kids at the beginning of this article: What do you suppose young Jacob, and Jacobs transgender peers, are hearing about their likely futures? Carter v. Crane, CGC-16-554254 was dismissed December 10, 2018. The amount paid in settlement of such a claim is confidential virtually 100% of the time. The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks judgment for general damages, costs of suit, and such other relief as the court deems just and proper. Research has revealed some interesting facts and circumstances about Dr. Crane. Teach people to love their bodies the way they are rather than slicing away healthy tissue with your surgeons knife. It seems like they were annoyed with the complications arising in the patients, rather than concerned. Also, I see people daily talking about Phallo and how great it is on the internet and when I finally get to ask the if they even had the surgery, its always..No not yet, or they got something completely different than a phallo. you are exactly right this is the wild west and its more wild to see people so delusional. In my communication with others, they too agreed, that when asked, the complications he listed were said in a very non-chalant way and that they were only simple ones like urethral strictures/fistulas. If you have had a phalloplasty and have a horror story or know someone who has please go to my website http://www.thetransgendertruth.wix.com/mysite. austin miles geter baby; mental health week activities 2021; dr crane phalloplasty lawsuit Youre attaching something to the bodycan it be unattached if the patient decides they dont like it? A reality check shall we say. Even after 6 years I would love to die today I cannot recover from Cranes brutality and despise the transgender community activist for promoting and protecting this butcher. In addition to the above seven cases, an eighth case, Doe v. Crane, CGC-16-550630, has now been settled (as of June 2017). One might reasonably conclude, then, that all of these actions have been settled out of court. So being young isnt all fun & games, I know that. Nothing is a sure thing. These NDA provisions have, of course, come under public scrutiny as part of the MeToo movement and the Stormy Daniels affairs. I have yet to speak with one trans man that had a Phalloplasty that worked properly or didnt suffer from grave complication. / you can be trans and love your genitals IDIOCY. 9 known men had horrible circumstances but the amount of men with success exceeds those tenfold. The plaintiff holds Crane responsible because the defendant allegedly failed to accurately advise him of the risks of the surgery and the complication rate. Some commentators argue that keeping medical malpractice settlement amounts confidential hurts the public: Secret nondisclosure agreements also affect patient safety by allowing bad doctors and other dangerous medical providers to continue to harm patients because their incompetency is hidden from their present and future patients and employers. Of all those doctors, today only Drs. The Crane Center has wasted no time in accessing potential new patients, sending attractive representatives to attend such conferences as Gender Odyssey in San Diego and the Philadelphia Trans Wellness Conference, and sponsoring art festivals and pride events. Bartholomew is a sociologist and Radford is a science writer. Pingback: Whats Current: South Korean women hold two day #MeToo speakout, A quote by Dr. Carter on his intro page: After initially meeting some members of the trans community, I was immediately drawn to them. Yet, one of the huge benefits to being young is that, by and large, a young person doesnt have to worry about chronic health problems. Your comments are much more dangerous than any one on this site that is concerned out the early stage of transitioning. According to court records, Ms lawsuit against Dr. Crane was dismissed on March 15, 2019. My fianc can't even fit her hand around it and has screaming orgasms now. The lawsuit against Dr. Crane arose because, while M alleged that he repeatedly told Dr. Crane and his staff that he did not need a vaginectomy and a scrotoplasty, those having already been performed by Dr. Meltzer in 2011, M stated that Dr. Crane over-rode his instructions and both cut into the area where Ms vagina had previously been, and damaged and dis-placed Ms scrotum (as discussed more fully below). In 2006 M received a total abdominal hysterectomy with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (which meant that Ms uterus, cervix, fallopian tubes and ovaries were all surgically removed). Nobody can possibly know that these eight lawsuits represent the totality of all medical error committed by Dr. Crane. As of the writing of this article, however, all of the malpractice litigation filed against Dr. Crane in San Francisco has now been dismissed. It is designed, in fact, just as in any other personal injury context, to determine whether negligence occurred and if it did, to punish it, and to compensate the victims of that negligence. From interrogatory answers filed in the Raynor case, cited above, we do know something about Dr. Cranes professional liability and medical malpractice coverage in 2016, the date the malpractice alleged in that case was claimed to have occurred (see Motion for Relief from Waiver of Discovery Objections dated April 16, 2018, Declaration of Corban J. Porter and Exhibit D thereto): Private settlement agreements also typically include NDA (or non-disclosure agreement) provisions, in which the parties agree to keep all terms of the settlement confidential, and further agree to the payment of damages in the event of a breach. dr crane phalloplasty lawsuitnifty infra stocks list with weightage dr crane phalloplasty lawsuit. Thomas Satterwhite, M.D. This type of transitioning does and has not been around long enough to determine a level of care and because of that its the wild wild west. There is no trial date set for this matter. Part 3 is here. Comments may be edited for length or if they contain offensive language. All eight of the malpractice cases that had previously been pending in the San Francisco Superior Court have now been dismissed with prejudice (read on to understand the meaning of with prejudice in the settlement context, since this doesnt mean what some folks may assume it does). A few points on your response. Would you like to guest post on this site? It makes research harder to do but not impossible. I do feel sorry for these men though, please dont mistake that I dont. Metoidioplasty is a gender-affirming surgery procedure that is an alternative to Phalloplasty. These are horrible outcomes, and its not just a lone person reporting them. TSSurgery.com, a site providing information for transgender people about surgeons and others, that also contains reviews, has a large section on Dr. Crane, but again, no mention of his legal troubles. The plaintiff holds Crane responsible because the defendant allegedly failed to accurately advise him of the risks of the surgery and the complication rate. Be that MTT or FTT. It takes a courageous group of individuals to tell the world that XX does not always result in a female and XY male. He graduated from UNIVERSITY OF IOWA in 2002. Signing NDA agreements or 2. The amount of transsexual (or surgically transitioning) FTMs also dwarfs the general population of FTMs. DeLeon and Safir remain affiliated with Dr. Crane. dr crane phalloplasty lawsuit. We ask, why are these actual injuries, suffered by actual transgender people, so much less important to the transgender community than such nebulous insults as mis-gendering, the inability to access a desired dressing room, or hurtful Tweets? For phalloplasty, there are two main options: single stage vs staged phalloplasty. I was actually the one to email you when you posted. As a side benefit, a successful malpractice lawsuit might deter future negligence, and reduce the number of potential future victims. Medical malpractice cases also increase knowledge in the medical community of what is appropriate care. If the media only presents the happy side of reengineering your body, then no one will question. You also hypothesize that perhaps they were aggressive and unpleasant and disturbing what is your evidence for that? I know this sounds like sort of an obvious comment, but if there were some operation that could give the patient a larger, fully-functioning penis, it would have been available to men a LONG time ago. The purpose of medical malpractice is not simply to pay future medical costs that might be uncovered, or otherwise to reimburse expenses that insurance does not. The case does not appear to be set for trial. As soon as I pressed him for the surgeon or where he got it done he vanished. This has been a fairly easy recovery. Its impossible to know. (OB/GYN, surgeon); Michael Safir, M.D. At the end of the day, there are resources out there to equip guys with the information they need to know what the general risks are no matter who the surgeon is. You have no idea what you are talking about and you are unaware how many people you are hurting. 4. You know that phrase tip of the iceberg? Yes. Crane is AHmazing and Do I Regret Lower Surgery? for two recent examples) . On January 4, 2018, the court denied Dr. Cranes motion to dismiss the complaint. https://twitter.com/4th_WaveNow/status/1037791291143118849. This is a supportive place for those concerned about medical transition of minors and young adults. Otherwise, very informative article. Even though he ruined sacred parts of me even though he stole much of my trust in people or damaged my spirithe did not destroy me and I will do whatever it takes so that NO one has to go through what I and many others have gone through. Pingback: Former phalloplasty patient of Dr. Curtis Crane speaks out | 4thWaveNow. Blair Hansen filed a complaint on Nov. 20 in the San Francisco Superior Court against Curtis N. Crane, M.D. Then, in March 2018, Dr. Garcia and another surgeon again performed surgery on M, this time to re-place the existing penis (which was also displaced), and to re-orient Ms scrotum.